0 a large rectangular rubber or plastic bag that you fill with gas so that you can lie on it in water or use it as a bed
A young married woman, two or three weeks ago was lying on an air mattress off the east coast when she was blown out to sea.
He spent his nights sleeping on an air mattress in one of the facilities offices.
He opted to bring a single rubber air mattress instead of the heavy wooden boats that had doomed his previous journey into the canyon.
The design included an air mattress base and inflated tongs; this allowed the artist to fall safely in any position without bouncing off.
After finding that only the cot on the porch is available, and costs $16, he drives away to find a spot to set up his noisy air mattress.
In contrast, many lower-end air mattresses come manufactured with velour sleeping surfaces.
This is especially useful for campers who carry their equipment as, unlike with normal air mattresses, no pump is needed for inflating.
Prior to the availability of foam rubber and air mattresses; balsam fir boughs were a preferred mattress in places where trees greatly outnumbered campers.
